Harlington Upper School
Goswell End Road, Harlington, Dunstable, LU5 6NX
Local ranking9th of 26 secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1360
Capacity
13-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 47.8
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 48.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 75.6%
- Entering EBacc
- 33.7%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2
- Cohort Size
- 279
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Higher education
- 51.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 25.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.4
Avg Points/Entry
32.6
Best 3 A-Levels
187
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 17.4%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 338
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1198
- Boys
- 613 (51%)
- Girls
- 585 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1360 (88% full)
- SEND
- 12.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 12.9%
- EAL
- 4.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 10.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,195/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.8%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.6%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 64.7%
- Mixed Other: 8.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.7%
- Black Caribbean: 4.7%
- Asian Indian: 3.2%
- White Other: 3.1%
- Other: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.5%
64.7%
White British
8.2%
Mixed Other
4.7%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137941
- UKPRN
- 10034854
- Establishment No.
- 4083
- Trust
- THE PYRAMID SCHOOLS TRUST